Third Annual H1Z1 Invitational returns with three tournaments, and $500,000 in prizes!

Daybreak Games has revealed the first major details for this October’s third annual H1Z1 Invitational, the premier esports event at Twitch’s TwitchCon 2017. This year’s extravaganza raises the stakes with three unique tournaments of the massive arena shooter H1Z1®: King of the Kill® with a combined prize pool of $500,000.

The 2017 H1Z1 Invitational will take place at the “H1Z1 Arena” and feature three tournaments: All-Stars, Legends, and Challengers, each featuring a different group of players and prizing. The All-Stars tournament aims to celebrate the streamers and content creators who helped make H1Z1 into the success it is today and will feature some of the internet’s most popular personalities, including I AM WILDCAT, CDNThe3rd, Trick2g, Miniladd, and KYRSP33DY. The Legends tournament is focused on H1Z1’s growing professional scene and includes past Invitational winners Reed “inboxes” Tucker, Radek “Radek” Pozler, and Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, as well as Casey “Flamehopper” Pitel and Chris “sweetdreams” Sexton, who were top finishers at the Elite Series solo and team tournaments at DreamHack Atlanta earlier this month. The third and final tournament will feature players selected through on-site qualifiers.

“H1Z1 has pioneered the massive arena shooter genre and proved that large-scale esports is possible,” said Anthony Castoro, H1Z1 General Manager. “The H1Z1 Invitational has grown and evolved over the years. As H1Z1’s popularity has increased, so has demand for this type of programming, and this new three-tournament format allows us to be inclusive of more players and provide a weekend full of content to viewers at home.”

The H1Z1 Invitational has been the most-watched event at TwitchCon since its debut in 2015. Last year, more than 118,000 concurrent viewers tuned in to the finals to watch inboxes and Radek take the crown.